Waterer



hasta Dec. 1s, 1925.

UNITED STATES- PATENT: OFFICE.

JosErn WEBER, or GBINNELL, Iowa.vv

WATERS.

I .application med nember 27,1924. serial 116,758,418. 1

To all 'whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH WEBER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at ing a supply tank, and an auxiliary supply tank, the latter being in connection. with the drinking trough or tank, in a manner to maintain a constant level of water in the ydrinking tank irrespective of the level of the water in either of the supply tanks, and to provide the auxiliary' supply tank with a cover designed to admit airthereinto.

The nature and advantages of 4the invention will be better understood when the following detailed description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction, com bination and arrangement of parts as claimed. l

In the drawing forming part of this application, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and.

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Figure 1 1s a vlew 1n elevation partlyY 1n Sectlon.

Figure 2 is a sectional view. through the resents the main supply tank which is pref-I erably arranged above the surface, wh1lel the auxiliary supply tank 11 and the drinking tank 12 are embedded in the ground, the latter being preferably arran ed flush with the surface A as shown in igure The water from the main supply tank 1s conveyed to the auxiliar tank 11 by means of a pipe 13, one end o which is arranged within the supply tank 10 and covered with wire of any desired mesh to prevent dirt and other foreign matter from entering the pipe 13. The other end of this pipe enters the auxiliary ysupply tank 11 and is associated with avalve, the casing of which is indicated at 14 and the lever of whichis indicated at 15. Thev lever or handle of' the valve is associated with'l the adjacent end of a float including a rod 16, the ioat being indicated at 17. Consequently,l the valve isautomatically operated with the rise and fall of the float 17 to regulate the admittance of water into the auxiliary supply tank 11 as will be readily understood. This tank 1 projects a slight distance above the surface A and is'A rovided with a cover of the construction s own in Figure 2. The. bpdy or -top of the cover is substantially cone shaped in' configuration and is indicated at 18, while depending therefrom is an annular flange 19. Arranged within the j l flange 19 and spaced therefrom, and also projecting beneath the lower edge of the ange 4is an annulus 20, having inwardly inclined walls of' a size and shape to frictionally engage the beveled edge of the open end of the auxiliary 'tank-11 to support the cover iny position as shown in Figure 1.

lIt will be noted upon inspection of this Afigure that when t e annulus 20 repgses upon the tank 11, the depending flange 19 is arranged beyond the wall of the tank, to allow the yair to enter the tank 11 between the liange 19 `and the annulus 20, thev latter being spaced from, the top 18 for this purpose.

' Establishin communication between the auxiliary tan 11. and the drinking tank 12 is a pipe 21, so that water from the auxiliary supply tank 11 is conveyed' to the drinking tank 10, thus maintaining a constant level of water in the last mentioned tank, irrespective of the level'of water in either the main supply tank 10 or the auxiliary supply tank 11. The drinking tank 12 is closed at the top by means of a cover 22 which may form an integral part of the tank, but which cover is. provided with a plurality of openings 23 through which the animal is allowed to drink the water from the tank.

While it is believed that vfrom the foregoing description, the nature and. advantages of the invention will be readily apparent, I desire to have it understood that I do not limit myself to what is herein shown and described, and that such changes ma be resorted to when desired as fall within the scope of what is claimed.

Having thus described the invention, I size and shape to frictionally engage the claim: beveled edge of the open upper end of the In a stock Watering device, an auxiliary tank, a iange spaced horizontally from the 10 water supply tank having an open upper annulus and a substantially cone shaped 5 end provided with a beveled edge, a ventitop supported by the flange.' n

lating cover for the tank comprising an an- In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

nulus having inwardly inclined walls of a JOSEPH-WEBER. 

